scalper

An instrument of surgery, used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory.

One who scalps, or takes a scalp.

In milling, a machine or apparatus for scalping.

One who sells at less than official or recognized rates; specifically, a dealer in railway and other tickets who shares his commission with his customer, or who purchases unused tickets and coupons at cheap rates, and sells them at a slight advance, but for less than the official price; a ticket-broker.

A heavy, compressed leather boot shaped to cover the forward portion of the cornet.

In lumbering. See rosser.

One who, or that which, scalps.

Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.

A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.

A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.